HSE SPOTLIGHT
Getting a Grasp on Infinity
An oncologist sets out to rid a patient of cancer through microwave radiation, seeking a target temperature that destroys the tumor while remaining below the threshold for damaging healthy cells. Overlapping and interconnected tissues of the body make this a vexing problem – one too large for even a computer to be able to generate an answer.
But for Lehigh's Frank Curtis, assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering, problems of infinite dimension aren't insurmountable – they just require a better algorithm.
